Salt shaker



Feb. 20, 1923. 4 I L. N. MOWRY ET AL.

' S'ALT SHAKER;

FILED MT. 5. 1922. 2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

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Patented Feb. 20, 1923.

LLOYD 1v. MOWRY Annapurna]: Levis, or s'r. rnrnnsisune, FLORIDA,"

SALT SHAKER.

Application filed October 5; i922. Serial nofsaagies.

To all whomz't may concern:

Be it known that We LLOYD N. Mower and EDWARoLovIG, citizens of "theUnited States, residing at St Petersburg, in the county of Pinellas andState of Florida, have invented new and useful Improvements in SaltShakers, of which the following is a specification. I

The object of our said jointinvention is the provision of a simpleeasily-operated and readily cleaned salt shakerconstructed in suchmanner that the user is enabled to expeditiously and thoroughly in oneoperation break-up lumps and mix or agitate the salt, cut salt crustfrom the underside of the shaker top and clear the eduction apartures inthe top, thereby assuring free pass sage of salt from the invertedshaker under all conditions.

To the attainment of the, foregoing the invention consists in theimprovement as hereinafter described and definitely claimed.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification Figure lis a side elevation of the shaker constituting the bestpracticalembodiment of our invention that we have yet devised,

Figure 2 is a diametrical section of the same with some parts inelevation.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the shaker. Figure 4 1s a top plan Viewof the body.

of the shaker and theparts therein as the same appear when the top isremoved from the body. i V

Figure 5 is an enlarged inverted plan-view showing the top and the partscarried by the same.

bottom wall 2 with a central socket bear-e ing 8. The neck 4 on the saidbody is by preference exteriorly threadedat 5, and the inner side of theside Wall of the body is preferably smooth as shown.

Removably arranged in the body 1 and journaled at itsloiver' end in (thesocket i, bearing 3 is the salt mixing shaft '6 of the improvement, thesaid shaft being gular form in cross-section at" its upper" end, asdesignated by? and being provided with lateral arms 8, i

said shaft 6 is journaled in a cross-bar 9, Figures 2 and a, WljllCll isshaped as shown to rest tightly though removably in and on the upperportion of the body 1. v Thersaid top. is knurled at 11 130 facilitateturning thereof about its aXisand'is provided with a central circularaperture, 12 and with elongated salt eduction apertures 13. -,A

of an-- he upper portion of the 7 shaft lezis journale'd in the topaperture 12 4 and is provided at its upper end with a finger piece 15and at its lower end with a socket '16 of an ular form in cross-section,

the latterforrletachable engagement with the angular end;- of shaft; 6.At'17, Figures 2,and 8, is ametallicring; the outer edge of which issoldered or otherwise ap propriately fixed to the preferably metallictop 10, and at 19 Figures 2. s and 6,cis the which i s interposedbetween and retained in working positionyby thelri'ng l7 and the top asShOWIilIl F gure '2." Thesald disk includes a central apertu-red or hubportion;

19 which receives and is adapted'to turn about the shaft, a rim20and'spokes 21, the

'preferably-metalliciturn disk of theshaken' latter being equipped attheir upper sides with pins 22 movable laterally in the before mentionedelongated apertures At their undersidesftivo 'of the said spokes 21 areprovided with pendent lugs 23, best shown in Figure These lugs '23 areopposed to oppositely-directed arms 2% on the'socket portion 16 of'tlieshaft 14:, Figures 2 and Manifestly the cover lO and the vparts carriedthereby are readily separable as a unit from the bodyll and the shaft 6,as when,

the body '1 is to h e-filled with saltvorthe shaker is to 'b'ecleaned;-also,thebar 9 and the shaft 6 are preferably removable from v the body1 to facilitate thorough'cleaning of theshaker.

In the usev of the shaker it will be apparent that turning of the fingerpiece 15 first in one direction and then-in the other-will be attendedby rocking of the shaft 6 about its axis and comparatively longmovements of the arms '8 for the purpose indicated while near the end ofeach turn ofthe finger piece 15 the arms 24: will cooperate with thelugs 23 to turn the disk 18 and move the y pins 22 in the elongatedopenings or slots 13, thereby clear ng the said slots. Incident to thedescribed turning of the disl: 18, the spokes 21 will Work against theunderside of thetop l0 and remove salt crust from the same with theresult that salt will pass freely through the slots 13 when the shakeris in verted.

We have entered into a detailed description of the construction andrelative arin our appended claims.

described our invention, What We liavine" secure by Letters Patclaim anddesire to ent, is 1- 1.. In a salt shaker, an agitator moved therein, atop for the shaker having; salt eduction slots therein, pins carried bya turn device and extending through said slots, means torinoving saidagitator, and arms carried by said means for engaging pendent pins uponthe turn device for moving said first mentionedpins Within the slotssimultaneously with the moving or said agitator.

2. A salt shaker top having salt-eduction slots, in combination withpins extending tl'u'ough and movable in said slots in the lrection ofthe iength thereof, and a movable finger piece carried by and arrangedext orly of the top and connected with said pins, whereby movement ofthe pins relative to the top will attend movement of the finger-piecerelative to the top; the said pins being carried in series by andextending outwardly from a bar, and the said bar being arranged to sweepagainst the inner side of the top.

8. A salt shaker top having salt-eduction slots, in combination withpins extending through and movable in said slots in the direction of thelength thereof, and a movable finger piece carried by and arrangedcxteriorly of the top and connected with said pins, whereby movement ofthe pins relative to the top will attend movement of the finger-piecerelative to the top; the said connection including a turn device at theinner side of the top and having spaced bars arranged to sweep againstthe inner side of the top and by each of which a series of the pins iscarried.

i. A salt shaker top having,- sal*'-eduction slots, in combination withpins extending through and movable in said slots in the direction of thelength thereof, and a movable finger piece carried by and arrangedexteriorly oi the top and connected with said pins, whereby movement ofthe pins relative the top wiil attend movement of the filigGljlit-EUCrelativeto the too; the said conn., ction including a turn device at theinner side of the top and having sz-aced bars arra d to sweep againstthe inner side of the LOP and by each of which a series of the pins iscarried, and a retaining ring secured to the top and between which andthe periphery of the turn device is retained and movable.

5. it. salt shaker top having salt-eduction slots, in combination Withpins extending through and movable in said slots in the direction at thelength thereof, and a movable linger piece carried by and a rangedeuteriorly o't' thetop and connected with said pins, whereby movement ofthe pins rel ve to the top will attend movement of the finger-piecerelative to the top; the said connection including a turn device at theinner side oi the top and having spaced bars arranged to sweep against tinner no of the top and by each of which a oil? the pins 15 carried, andalso include shatt with an angular socket at its 1 wer end, pendent lugson the turn device, 1

and arms on the shaft and arranged to bring up against the lugs, and theWhole being; ass ciated with a body to which the top detachablyconnected, and an agitator rotatable in the body and having an angularend ietachably arranged in the said socket.

in testimony whereof, We aiiiiz our signatin-es.

LLOYD N. MOi V EDWARD LOV 1G.

